Larry Parrish
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| Third baseman / Right fielder / Designated hitter / Manager | |||
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Born: November 10, 1953 Winter Haven, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 6, 1974, for the Montreal Expos | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 2, 1988, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .263 | ||
| Home runs | 256 | ||
| Runs batted in | 992 | ||
| Managerial record | 82–104 | ||
| Winning % | .441 | ||
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As manager
Larry Alton Parrish (born November 10, 1953) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and manager. Parrish played with the Montreal Expos (1974–81), Texas Rangers (1982–88) and Boston Red Sox (1988). He also played two seasons in Japan, for the Yakult Swallows (1989) and the Hanshin Tigers (1990). He also served as manager of the Detroit Tigers (1998–99).
Making his debut in 1974 at the age of 20, Parrish became a solid hitter as a third baseman in the 1970s and 1980s, hitting 20 or more home runs in a season five times during his major league career. He was a two-time All-Star, and in 1979 was named the Montreal Expos Player of the Year after batting .307 with 30 homers and 82 runs batted in. Larry is the only Montreal Expo to ever hit 3 home runs in one game on three separate occasions (May 29, 1977 – July 30, 1978 – April 25, 1980). In the May 1977 game against the Cardinals, he went 5 for 5 batting in 5 runs in a 14-4 victory. In the April 1980 game, he drove in all 7 runs for Montreal in an 8-7 loss against Atlanta. Parrish ranks seventh on the Texas Rangers all-time home run list (149) and eighth in RBIs at 522. He closed out his American Major League career by joining the Boston Red Sox during the stretch run of the 1988 season, in which the team won the American League Eastern Division championship.
After his Major League Baseball career ended, Parrish played for two different Japanese major league teams. Parrish had a career .263 batting average in Major League Baseball with 256 home runs and 992 runs batted in. In 13 career playoff games, he batted .182 with no home runs and three RBIs.
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